Just over 500,000 people had signed a petition launched by Kevin Rudd calling for a royal commission into media ownership when it closed on Wednesday.
Although the petition is far more restrained in its language, Rudd’s video launching the petition singles out News Corporation, saying that “Murdoch has become a cancer … on our democracy.
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